Advanced Open Water

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Advanced Open Water (aka Adventures in Diving) is the next full level of diver certification where you are certified to dive down to 100' without a professional (Please note there are some minimum age requirements and subsequent depth and buddy restrictions associated therewith.  Please contact us for additional information).

There are no pool sessions required for AOW allowing the class to be conducted over the course of a weekend. 

Materials required for the class are:

Your own gear or please arrange for your own rental; you will need 2 tanks. An underwater compass An underwater light A knife or sea snips Underwater dive slates are not required, but are very useful.  If you chose to do FISH ID or Underwater Naturalist for one or both of your elective dives, it is possible that we can make dive slates available to you for the dives.  Please check with one of us in advance. Your sense of humor

To receive the Advanced Open Water certification, students will need to:

read Chapters corresponding to pre-discussed set* and elective dives in the Adventures in Diving Book or on the CD-Rom complete the corresponding Knowledge Reviews for the Chapters corresponding to pre-discussed set and elected dives in the Adventures in Diving Book or on the CD-Rom Attend one class session prior to the certification weekend complete two elective adventure dives in addition to the Navigation, Night, and Deep dives (minimum two days of diving) with me and adequately performing all required skills

* Within dive site limitations, you will be able to choose two elective dives in addition to the Navigation, Night and Deep dives.

PADI Adventure Dives may count toward your Advanced Open Water certification.  Please contact us for more information.